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With God, nothing is impossible.
It was on August 13, 1989 that Lynn Geyer saw with her own eyes
the hand of God lift the spirit of her dad from his body. The
miraculous moment revealed God’s absolute presence and all the
years of rebellion and agnosticism instantly disappeared. She
began attending church where music filled the air and was
different from anything she’d heard in the church of her
childhood, even though this was the church of her childhood, St.
Mary’s in Mt. Vernon, New York. Her “new” church was a charismatic
contemporary celebration with the entire congregation
participating and singing along. Inspired and always moved by this
“new” music, she joined the choir, seeing God touch and change
people through His melodies. Evangelizing through the music of the
Charismatic Renewal as well as the rich traditional hymns of the
“old” church became a way of life and over time developed into
music ministry.
Highlights along the way include being a member
of the original music planning committee for “Young New York ‘94” under the
direction of the late, great John Michael Caprio, and performing during this two
day outdoor youth festival attended by 20,000 teens. An invitation to sing in
Atlanta at Christ the King Cathedral for Life Teen offered a double blessing: to
minister to teens and to enjoy the summer Olympics! She was among the group to
sing at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City for Cardinal John O’Connor’s
50th Anniversary of Ordination. For three years she traveled to Cape May, New
Jersey to sing for the young recruits of the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center.
In January of 1998, she was on “Good Day, N.Y.” representing the New York State
Right to Life Committee in a round table discussion concerning the effect of Roe
vs. Wade on society. She performed in concert sponsored by international
broadcasting company, Radio Maria, hosting Marian Devotee, Christina Plancher,
at Fordham University. The greatest of all these gifts remains her selection as
a member of the mass choir assembled for the Liturgy celebrated by Pope John
Paul II on the Great Lawn in Central Park, New York City.
In July 2000, Lynn performed at David 2000, an
annual youth festival in Spain and also was part of an international group of
musicians and event planners discussing contemporary music in the church today.
These discussions took place over four days via simultaneous translations, were
documented and sent by the Bishop of Soria to the Vatican for review. In August
2000, Lynn was included as a performer during World Youth Day in Rome, singing
as part of Word Entertainment’s “American Stage” set up in the Piazza De Popola.
She was nominated as “Artist of the Year” by the United Catholic Music and Video
Association in the first annual Unity Awards.
Lynn was the music director for Life Teen at
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Scarsdale, New York, for two years and
continues as a parishioner of St. Mary’s in Mt. Vernon. For the last 6 years
Lynn has been a professional member of the Gospel Music Association and BMI,
holds memberships with the Christian Country Music Association (CCMA), and the
United Catholic Music and Video Association (UCMVA). Her ministry,
ColorBlindMusic handles public relations and promotions for various Catholic
artists and programs.
She is the Director of Public Relations for the
Catholic Association of Musicians (CAM), founded by John Michael Talbot for the
purpose of providing spiritual, artistic and economic guidance to contemporary
Catholic musicians. In this capacity, Lynn coordinates activities of CAM regions
throughout the USA, and works with other artists coordinating and participating
in conferences across the country, to share the Good News through music.
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